Name: Pantoea agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Gavini et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus agglomerans" Beijerinck 1888

Etymology: L. v. agglomerare, to wind on (as on a ball); L. part. adj. agglomerans, forming into a ball (referring to the occurrence of symplasmata bacteria in aggregates surrounded by a translucent sheath in anaerogenic strains)

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 27155; CCUG 539; CDC 1461-67; CFBP 3845; CIP 57.51; DSM 3493; ICMP 12534; ICPB 3435; JCM 1236; LMG 1286; NBRC 102470; NCTC 9381

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16S rRNA gene: AJ001239 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gavini F, Mergaert J, Beji A, Mielcarek C, Izard D, Kersters K, De Ley J. Transfer of Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Ewing and Fife 1972 to Pantoea gen. nov. as Pantoea agglomerans comb. nov. and description of Pantoea dispersa sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:337-345.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus milletiae" Kawakami and Yoshida 1920	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Bacillus agglomerans" Beijerinck 1888	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Ewing and Fife 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Erwinia milletiae (Kawakami and Yoshida 1920) Magrou 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Erwinia herbicola (Löhnis 1911) Dye 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Pantoea Gavini et al. 1989. Publication: Gavini F, Mergaert J, Beji A, Mielcarek C, Izard D, Kersters K, De Ley J. Transfer of Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Ewing and Fife 1972 to Pantoea gen. nov. as Pantoea agglomerans comb. nov. and description of Pantoea dispersa sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:337-345.
  • According to Beji et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus milletiae" Kawakami and Yoshida 1920. Publication: Beji A, Mergaert J, Gavini F, Izard D, Kersters K, Leclerc H, De Ley J. Subjective synonymy of Erwinia herbicola, Erwinia milletiae, and Enterobacter agglomerans and redefinition of the taxon by genotypic and phenotypic data. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:77-88.
  • According to Beji et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Erwinia herbicola (Löhnis 1911) Dye 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Beji A, Mergaert J, Gavini F, Izard D, Kersters K, Leclerc H, De Ley J. Subjective synonymy of Erwinia herbicola, Erwinia milletiae, and Enterobacter agglomerans and redefinition of the taxon by genotypic and phenotypic data. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:77-88.
  • According to Beji et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Erwinia milletiae (Kawakami and Yoshida 1920) Magrou 1937 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Beji A, Mergaert J, Gavini F, Izard D, Kersters K, Leclerc H, De Ley J. Subjective synonymy of Erwinia herbicola, Erwinia milletiae, and Enterobacter agglomerans and redefinition of the taxon by genotypic and phenotypic data. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:77-88.
  • However, the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names omitted Beijerinck from the name in 1980 and listed only Ewing and Fife as the authors [3]. — Edwards J. Personal communication, 2003-07-30.
  • In 2004, Edwards et al. [4] request that Beijerinck be acknowledged as the original author of this species by having his name reinstated in its full name Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Ewing and Fife 1972. Publication: Edwards J, Baque E, Tang J. Proposal to acknowledge Beijerinck as the original author of the species Pantoea agglomerans. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2437.
  • M.W. Beijerinck [1] published the name "Bacillus agglomerans" in 1888. Publication: Beijerinck MW. Cultur des Bacillus radicola aus den Knöllchen. Bot. Ztg. 1888; 46:740-750.
  • W.H. Ewing and M.A. Fife [2] changed the name to Enterobacter agglomerans in 1972 as a new combination, acknowledging that Beijerinck had been the original author and making the new full name: Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Ewing and Fife 1972. Publication: Ewing WH, Fife MA. Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck) comb. nov. (the Herbicola-Lathyri bacteria). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1972; 22:4-11.

Parent taxon: Pantoea Gavini et al. 1989

Assigned by: Gavini F, Mergaert J, Beji A, Mielcarek C, Izard D, Kersters K, De Ley J. Transfer of Enterobacter agglomerans (Beijerinck 1888) Ewing and Fife 1972 to Pantoea gen. nov. as Pantoea agglomerans comb. nov. and description of Pantoea dispersa sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:337-345.

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